🚀 Major Release: Complete Containerization & Simplification

✨ Features:
- One-command setup with zero configuration
- Complete Docker containerization of all services
- Production-ready deployment configuration
- Comprehensive CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions
- Persistent sessions and automatic admin user creation

🛠️ Technical Improvements:
- Docker Compose orchestration for all services
- Environment variable management with sensible defaults
- MongoDB persistent volumes and data retention
- Enhanced startup scripts with health checks
- Development tooling (Makefile, scripts)

📚 Documentation:
- Complete README with deployment instructions
- Deployment guide for multiple environments
- Development guide for contributors
- Comprehensive troubleshooting documentation
- Contributing guidelines and code standards

🔧 Infrastructure:
- GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline
- Production Docker Compose configuration
- Environment templates for different deployments
- Automated testing and health checks
- Security best practices implementation

🎯 User Experience:
- Clone and run - no configuration needed
- Instant startup after git clone
- All services containerized and orchestrated
- Development and production configurations
- Comprehensive error handling and logging

This release transforms the application into a production-ready,
containerized system that can be deployed anywhere with minimal setup.

Author: emiflair

.env

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+# Environment Configuration
+# Default development settings - ready to use out of the box
+
+# Django Configuration
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=django-insecure-development-key-change-in-production
+DEBUG=True
+ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0
+
+# Database Configuration
+MONGO_USERNAME=admin
+MONGO_PASSWORD=password
+MONGODB_URL=mongodb://admin:password@mongodb:27017/dealership?authSource=admin
+
+# Service URLs
+API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3030
+DJANGO_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
+
+# Development Settings
+NODE_ENV=development
+REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:3030
+REACT_APP_DJANGO_URL=http://localhost:8000

.env.template

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+# Environment Configuration
+# This file contains default development settings - ready to use out of the box
+# For production deployment, copy this file to .env.production and modify the values
+
+# Django Configuration
+DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=django-insecure-development-key-change-in-production
+DEBUG=True
+ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost,127.0.0.1,0.0.0.0
+
+# Database Configuration
+MONGO_USERNAME=admin
+MONGO_PASSWORD=password
+MONGODB_URL=mongodb://admin:password@mongodb:27017/dealership?authSource=admin
+
+# Service URLs
+API_BASE_URL=http://localhost:3030
+DJANGO_BASE_URL=http://localhost:8000
+
+# Development Settings
+NODE_ENV=development
+REACT_APP_API_URL=http://localhost:3030
+REACT_APP_DJANGO_URL=http://localhost:8000
+
+# Production Notes:
+# For production deployment:
+# 1. Generate a strong DJANGO_SECRET_KEY
+# 2. Set DEBUG=False
+# 3. Update ALLOWED_HOSTS with your domain
+# 4. Use secure database credentials
+# 5. Consider using environment-specific files (.env.production)

.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml

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+name: 🚗 Dealership App CI/CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, develop ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+    - name: 📥 Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: 🐳 Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: 🔧 Create .env file
+      run: |
+        cp .env.template .env
+        echo "DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=github-actions-test-key" >> .env
+
+    - name: 🏗️ Build and start services
+      run: |
+        docker-compose up -d --build
+        
+    - name: ⏳ Wait for services to be ready
+      run: |
+        # Wait for Django to be ready
+        timeout 120 bash -c 'until curl -f http://localhost:8000/; do sleep 2; done'
+        
+        # Wait for API to be ready  
+        timeout 60 bash -c 'until curl -f http://localhost:3030/health; do sleep 2; done'
+
+    - name: 🧪 Run application tests
+      run: |
+        # Test Django application
+        echo "Testing Django application..."
+        curl -f http://localhost:8000/ || exit 1
+        
+        # Test API endpoints
+        echo "Testing API endpoints..."
+        curl -f http://localhost:3030/health || exit 1
+        curl -f http://localhost:3030/fetchDealers | jq length || exit 1
+        
+        # Test admin panel
+        echo "Testing admin panel..."
+        curl -f http://localhost:8000/admin/ || exit 1
+
+    - name: 🔍 Check service logs
+      if: failure()
+      run: |
+        echo "=== Django Logs ==="
+        docker-compose logs dealership_django
+        echo "=== API Logs ==="
+        docker-compose logs dealership_api
+        echo "=== MongoDB Logs ==="
+        docker-compose logs mongodb
+
+    - name: 🧹 Cleanup
+      if: always()
+      run: |
+        docker-compose down -v
+
+  build-and-push:
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    
+    steps:
+    - name: 📥 Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: 🐳 Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+    - name: 🏗️ Build Django image
+      run: |
+        docker build -t dealership-django ./server
+
+    - name: 🏗️ Build API image
+      run: |
+        docker build -t dealership-api ./server/database
+
+    - name: ✅ Verify builds
+      run: |
+        docker images | grep dealership